Mail robbery. Western mail robbed near Sherborne in Dorsetshire

Whereas the Western Mail, as it was coming to London, was Yesterday Morning, about Four a-Clock, robbed on the Road near Sherborne in Dorsetshire, by two Foot-Pads; one of them about six Foot high, in a black Wastcoat and light coloured Stockings; the other about five Foot high, a thin Man, in a red Wastcoat, who tied the Post-Boy, and carried off the Plymouth and Exeter Bags: These are therefore to give Notice, That whoever apprehends the said Persons concerned in this Robbery, or either of them, so as to have one, or both of them convicted of the same, shall receive a Reward of £200 to be paid by the Receiver-General of the Post-Office in London, over and above the Reward directed by Act of Parliament for Apprehending of Highwaymen: And if either of the Persons concerned in this Robbery, will discover his Accomplice in the manner aforesaid, such Person so making the Discovery, shall have the said Reward of £200 and also His Majesty's Pardon: And if any Person shall hereafter be concerned in Robbing the Mails, the Person who shall make the Discovery of the same shall receive the Reward of £200 for every Offender so convicted, to be paid him in Manner aforesaid.

TOWNSHEND.